Kilnwick in the Domesday Book (1086)
Kilnwick appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kilnwick at 2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Kilnwick supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 4 smallholders, 1 slave, working 3 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Kilnwick was worth 5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 2 shillings – a fall of 60%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.
Resources Recorded at Kilnwick (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 1d)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 1 leagues
Other Settlements in Sneculfcros
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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